Using SheetsUsing SheetsUsing SheetsUsing Sheets

To help with dataTo help with data

• Sheets is a spreadsheet program that can interface with forms, docs, or presentations.

• A spreadsheet program has cells (little blocks) that we can put information and then relate the cells to each other.

• We can add text, numbers, or calculations

• To open Sheets, click on the “Drive” in the menu bar of Gmail.

• Click on “Create” then “Spreadsheet”

• Notice across the top are letters, and along the left side are numbers

• Each cell has its own address such as C14

• Let’s start by typing “Distribution of Hair Color by Class” in B4

• Create a table as shown

• Click and hold the mouse on cell B5 and drag it to E9. There should be a block surrounding B5-E9

• It may be important to know how many students there were total. – Click on E10 and type “=SUM(“ – You can now drag a box around all

the cells you want to add up. Drag from C6 to E9

– Type “)” to close the parentheses– Press the Enter key

• Total students should show as 82

• Let’s average each type of hair color– Click on F6 and type “=AVERAGE(“

and drag a box from C6 to E6– Type “)” to close the parentheses– Press the Enter key

Pretty Cool huh?

• Instead of typing that for each hair color, let’s copy the formula. The program will automatically adjust for the other rows.– Click in F6 – Click “Edit” from the menu at the top– Click “Copy”– Drag a box around the empty cells F7 to F9– Click “Edit” then “Paste”

• Make a column that totals each of the hair types from G6 to G9

• This is discrete data that requires what kind of chart?– That’s right, a bar chart– In Sheets, they call it a column chart

• Highlight F5-F9 and click on the “Charts” icon in the upper right

• Choose “Column Chart”• Click “Insert”

• You now have a chart• Click on “Chart Title” to edit• Click on other parts to edit labels

How Awesome is that?!